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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425212 | Devices for modification of airways by transfer of energy This relates to a device for treating lung disease, and more particularly, relates to a device for exchanging energy with airway tissue such as that found in the airways of human lungs. The exchange of energy with this airway tissue in the airways reduces the abilit... | 09/16/2008 |
| RE40316 | Method and device for glucose concentration measurement with special attention to blood glucose determinations The concentration of glucose in the anterior chamber of an eye is non-invasively measured by guiding a beam through a polarizer (4), a quarter wave plate (6), a polarization modulator (20), and an analyzer (7). After initializing the pola... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7338487 | Device for delivering localized x-ray radiation and method of manufacture Generally, the present invention provides a device for insertion into a body of a subject being treated to deliver localized x-ray radiation, and a method for fabricating such a device. The device includes a cathode structure that has a thin, diamond film as a catho... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331983 | Fiber assisted irradiation system and method for biostimulation The present invention provides a system and method for improved biostimulative effect through the use of low mode/oligomode fibers to transport coherent light to a treatment site. Oligomode fibers or groups/bundles of oligomode waveguides for the relevant irradiatio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303578 | Device and method for providing phototherapy to the brain A therapy apparatus for treating a patient's brain is provided. The therapy apparatus includes a light source having an output emission area positioned to irradiate a portion of the brain with an efficacious power density and wavelength of light. The therapy apparat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7229447 | Photodynamic therapy utilizing a solution of photosensitizing compound and surfactant The invention relates to a method of photoeradication of cells at a tissue site, such as an infection or sterilization site or cancer cell activity site, including applying a solution such as methylene blue, toluidene blue, polymyxin B, SDS, or other surfactants and... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217281 | Method for detecting and correcting the root cause of health issues A method of detecting and correcting a debilitating causative factor of a health issue in a human system includes the steps of determining a debilitating causative factor in the human system and treating the human system by subjecting the human system to a low level... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214223 | Photoatherolytic catheter apparatus and method A method and apparatus for treating an atherosclerotic target region of a coronary vessel in a patient are disclosed. The method includes delivering to the patient, a photoatherolytic compound, to cause accumulation of the compound in the target region, accessing th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7172588 | Laser device A dental laser arrangement switchable between different modes of operation, the arrangement including a laser device operable as a laser oscillator and as a laser amplifier. The laser device includes a laser resonator having a pump unit and an active modelocker as w... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163533 | Vascular treatment device and method A catheter device for treating a vascular disease is provided. The catheter device includes an energy delivery device such as an optical fiber for delivering laser energy and a catheter. The catheter lumen receives the optical fiber and a fluid such as an anesthetic... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160287 | Apparatus and method for performing radiation energy treatments An apparatus and method to apply photo-stimulation, photo-dynamic therapy and/or ablation laser treatment to biological tissue. The apparatus includes a plurality of radiation energy sources, preferably laser beams. Additionally, the apparatus allows either a single... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7125405 | Method for calculating refractive correction amount in corneal refractive surgery An apparatus for operation on a cornea by ablating with a laser beam for correcting ametropia; the apparatus comprising an input device utilized for inputting each data necessary for correction, a first correcting device for irradiating a laser beam for correcting m... | 10/24/2006 |
| RE39357 | Medicine for clogging blood vessels of eye fundus An apparatus for clogging blood vessels of an eye fundus includes an illuminating optical system (1) for illuminating an eye fundus of a subject, who has been given an injection of an infrared fluorescent agent, with infrared rays of light and exciting the in... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101364 | Method and apparatus for intrastromal refractive surgery A method and apparatus for intrastromal refractive surgery is disclosed wherein tissue at selected locations within the stroma of the cornea is photoablated using a pulsed laser beam. The apparatus includes an optical system for forming a shaped laser beam having a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097656 | Device for the therapeutic and cosmetic photo-processing of biological tissue and method for using the same The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for permanently or temporarily removing human hair, for miniaturizing the same or for changing the color thereof. This apparatus can also be used for coagulating blood vessels, veins or a selective injury of... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090671 | Laser corneal surgery apparatus The present invention intends to provide a laser corneal surgery apparatus in which an optical system for directing and irradiating a laser beam onto a cornea can be protected from water droplets and the like. The laser corneal surgery apparatus for ablating a corne... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077857 | Pulse Cam Battery powered and wall plug powered handheld therapy devices for treating a variety of ailments such as inflammations, nerve problems, joint pain, muscle pain, as well as gall bladder type problems. The device can have a multi-faced shaped emitting main crystal wi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048734 | Systems and methods for electronically altering the energy emitting characteristics of an electrode array to create different lesion patterns in body tissue Systems and methods employ a guide element that carries a region of energy emitting material. The systems and methods electronically couple the region to a source of energy that, when emitted by the region, ablates tissue. The systems and methods are responsive to u... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044945 | Prevention of regression in thermal ciliary muscle tendinoplasty Methods and apparatus are provided that prevent or inhibit functional regression caused by the stromal remodeling resulting from epithelial or fibroblastic apoptosis or necrosis in patients who will undergo or have undergone a thermal ciliary muscle tendinoplasty or... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033353 | Electrosurgical gas attachment A nozzle and electrode combination for use with an electrosurgical device is described. The nozzle includes a shroud defining a channel and a lumen which intersect to define an acute angle. An electrode is positioned within the channel and includes a distal end exte... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7022119 | Excimer laser eye surgery system A compact excimer laser system is provided that includes argon fluoride laser gas, electronic, and laser head all compactly arranged such that the patient bed can rotate over all of these components. This allows the patient bed to be rotated for easy egress of the p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022117 | Customized refractive correction An aperture card is provided for insertion into a laser refractive ablation system for use in laser ablating the cornea. The aperture card is designed for single surgical use for surgical precautionary considerations and to achieve the highest quality ablations, in ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022118 | Medical energy irradiation apparatus To provide a medical energy irradiation apparatus which permits easy and accurate establishment of a site of tissues of a living body targeted for irradiation with energy, when doctors use the medical energy irradiation apparatus to perform a cure for a prostatic hy... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018377 | Method and apparatus for modifications of visual acuity by thermal means A thermokeratoplasty system and method for locally heating and reshaping a cornea in a manner that produces a minimal regression of the corneal correction. The system includes a probe that is coupled to a power source which can provide current at a predetermined pow... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016718 | Medical laser apparatus and diagnostic/treatment apparatus using the medical laser apparatus In photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy, the oscillating wavelength of laser light from a light source is fitted to a plurality of different kinds of photosensitizers and exciting conditions thereof. Moreover, diagnosis and treatment are achieved using co... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008416 | Medical energy irradiation apparatus To provide a medical energy irradiation apparatus which, having a simple and inexpensively manufacturable structure, enables a doctor using it in the heat curing of prostatic hypertrophy or the like to accurately and stably irradiate a prescribed site deep in a livi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001373 | Interface for laser eye surgery A laser surgery system having a computer control system coupled to a laser subsystem and a patient seat. The control system is coupled to the laser through a laser alignment system. The control system can be coupled to the patient seat through a patient alignment sy... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997923 | Method and apparatus for EMR treatment A method and apparatus are provided for performing a therapeutic treatment on a patient's skin by concentrating applied radiation of at least one selected wavelength at a plurality of selected, three-dimensionally located, treatment portions, which treatment portion... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989008 | Adjustable ablatable inlay A method of modifying a cornea of an eye to reduce refractive error, the cornea having a surface and a main optical axis, including the steps of aiming and firing a laser at the cornea of the eye. The laser first separates an internal portion of the cornea forming a... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986765 | Corneal surgery apparatus An ophthalmic surgery apparatus for observing an anterior portion of an eye, and an optical system for laser beam treatment to the eye. The apparatus has a moving device for moving the optical system relative to the eye, an illuminating device for illuminating an ar... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984228 | Phototherapy methods and systems The invention features methods and systems for treating inflammatory, proliferative skin disorders, such as psoriasis, with ultraviolet phototherapy. The methods and systems use optical techniques to scan a patient's skin, designate areas of affected skin, and selec... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6969387 | Laser hand-piece and laser treatment apparatus provided with the hand-piece A laser hand-piece for irradiating a treatment laser beam to a part to be treated is disclosed. The laser hand-piece includes: a main body including an end portion with a bend and a grip portion to be held by an operator's hand, the end and grip portions each having... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6958063 | Plasma generator for radio frequency surgery The present invention furnishes a plasma generator for generating a cold plasma jet beam in the application field of medicine and in particular of surgery as well as other fields of science. The plasma generator is furnished with a separate, frequency tunable oscill... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951556 | Method and apparatus for correcting off-center laser ablations in refractive surgery A novel method and apparatus are provided for correcting an off-center laser ablation in the cornea, in which the original ablated area has a center that is offset from the correct center of the optical cornea. The method comprises the steps of determining the corre... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6932808 | Ablation shape for the correction of presbyopia Improved refractive eye surgery methods, apparatus and systems employ ablative photodecomposition of a cornea to mitigate and/or inhibit presbyopia with minimal vision degradation. A method for treating a cornea includes ablating a superior area of the cornea to enh... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932806 | Method for assessing irradiation intensity of a laser beam, an apparatus for assessing irradiation intensity used under this method, and a laser beam irradiation system The present invention intends to provide a method with a relatively uncomplicated mechanism, for assessing irradiation intensity of a laser beam, whereby an operator can accurately assess irradiation intensity of the laser beam, and to provide an apparatus used thro... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932807 | Laser treatment apparatus A laser treatment apparatus for irradiating an affected part of a patient's eye with a treatment laser beam to treat the affected part is disclosed. The laser treatment apparatus includes treatment beam irradiation section including a first irradiation optical syste... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918905 | Monolithic irradiation handpiece A handpiece for topical application of electromagnetic radiation is disclosed, consisting of a single monolithic transparent block covered by a semitransparent coating on the faces of the block not directed toward a treatment site. The block and coating are transpar... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918904 | Method of reshaping the cornea by controlled thermal delivery A method of correcting the refractive error in the cornea of an eye. The cornea is heated, to loosen the molecules therein, thereby softening the cornea into a gelatinous material. The gelatinous material is then reshaped, so that it substantially conforms to a pred... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913603 | Automated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventions A method and system is described that greatly improves the safety and efficacy of ophthalmic laser surgery. The method and system are applicable to precise operations on a target subject to movement during the procedure. The system may comprise the following element... | 07/05/2005 |
